10 Things We Learned From NFL Week Two

Derek Anderson should never be allowed to start another NFL game. Ever. Any team that violates this edict should immediately forfeit their first-round draft choice for each of the next ten years.
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  1. When the NFL encourages players to seek out more opportunities to promote the game by interacting with fans, having a player fling his helmet ten rows into the stands in anger is probably not what league officials had in mind.

  • Eli Manning will come up with some excuse to miss this year's family Thanksgiving dinner.
  • Saying Chris Johnson would have had a great day if his 85-yard touchdown run hadn't been called back due to a holding penalty is a bit like saying rich people would have more money if they didn't have to pay taxes.
  • There's an extremely high correlation between head coaches whose jobs are in jeopardy and those who feel compelled to switch their starting quarterbacks after two games.
  • On a related note, a head coach who pulls Jason Campbell after 1 1/2 games a season after he's allowed JaMarcus Russell to quarterback his team for half a season should have his head coaching license revoked on the spot.
  • Forget Vincent Jackson -- if the Vikings want to salvage their season, they should trade for Michael Vick.
  • Cowboys' owner Jerry Jones should just end the charade and name himself head coach already.
  • Derek Anderson should never be allowed to start another NFL game. Ever. Any team that violates this edict should immediately forfeit their first-round draft choice for each of the next ten years.
  • Brian Finneran will not be invited to participate in a slam-dunk competition anytime soon.
  • Mike Shanahan will pay good money to anyone who can come up with a way to simulate icing a kicker during practice.
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